Mapuera River

Mapuera River
Mapuera River (Brazil)
Native name Rio Mapuera
Country Brazil
Basin
Main source Pará
River mouth 1°05′05″S 57°03′44″W / 1.084749°S 57.062211°W / -1.084749; -57.062211 (Mouth of Mapuera River)Coordinates: 1°05′05″S 57°03′44″W / 1.084749°S 57.062211°W / -1.084749; -57.062211 (Mouth of Mapuera River)
River system Trombetas River
Physical characteristics
Length 340[1]

The Mapuera River is a tributary of the Trombetas River in Pará state in north-central Brazil.

The river basin lies partly within the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará (in Portuguese), Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará), retrieved 2016-05-12


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